ASCI Certification Course in Cardiac CT
Log book of proof of at least 100 cases of
Course Faculty
Dr Marcus Chen ( National Institute of Health,Bethesda, USA)
Dr Shinichiro Fujimoto (Juntendo University,Japan)
Dr John Hoe ( Mt Elizabeth Hospital,Singapore )
Dr Jung Im Jung ( St Mary’s Hospital, South Korea)
Dr Yun-Hyeon Kim (Chonnam National University
Hospital,South Korea)
Dr Whal Lee ( Seoul National University, South Korea)
Dr Ng Yuen Li ( Mt Elizabeth Hospital,Singapore)
Dr Tan Swee Yaw (National Heart Centre, Singapore)
Course Overview
This teaching course is designed to enhance clinical practice
skills by providing training in performing and interpreting
cardiac CT and coronary CTA examinations under the
supervision of teaching faculty.
The course contents can be documented to form part of ASCI
Certification in Proficiency in Cardiac CT.
The course contents are aimed for cardiac CT at Beginner and
Intermediate level.
The lecture contents are aimed to prepare the attendee to be
awarded an ASCI Certificate in Proficiency in Cardiac CT. There
will be a Multiple Choice Question examination at end of
course
The course contents and teaching cases workshop can also be
documented for the attendee interested in obtaining
qualifications in cardiac CT from other international imaging
societies
ASCI Certificate of Proficiency in Cardiac CT
Attendees will be awarded a Certificate of Proficiency after
passing an MCQ exam to be held at the end of the course,
after they have fulfilled the other requirements for the
Certificate.
Requirements to apply for ASCI Certificate in Proficiency in
Cardiac CT
1. Paid up ASCI member-please apply or renew
your membership at www.asci-heart.org
2. Physician e.g. cardiologist, nuclear medicine
physician, radiologist
3. CV to be submitted ( to ASCI Secretariat)
4.
cardiac CT performed or observed with ASCI Certification
workstation analysis.
You can proceed to collect your cases as soon Course in Cardiac CT
as possible and before or after the certification
course is conducted in January 2019. Submit Joint Symposium Asian Society
completed log book to ASCI Secretariat office of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASCI)
after the MCQ examination.Log book is
available for download from meeting website
and 14th Cardiac Imaging
Email: office@asci-heart.org Teaching Course 2019
5. Log book of completion of master class
workshop sessions at ASCI recognised course or
meeting .Submit completed log book to ASCI Singapore
Secretariat office after completion of the
course on January 2019.
6. Passing of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
exam held at ASCI recognised course or
meeting such as this course in January 2019.
Names of candidates passing the exam will be
sent by email to you and also posted on the
course website 2 weeks after the MCQ
examination.
7. Payment of application fee for ASCI Certificate
of Proficiency in cardiac CT to ASCI
administration office.
This fee is included in your separate
registration fee for 20th Jan 2019. If you fail the
MCQ examination , you can resit the MCQ test
at the next ASCI approved course. No refunds
will be made by ASCI for failed applications due
to failed MCQ exam
VENUE Saturday (full day) and Sunday (half
The meeting location is at the Lecture Theatre Level
6,National Heart Centre Singapore,5 Hospital Drive,Singapore
day)
169609.
www.nhcs.com.sg 19th and 20th January 2019
Location:
Disclaimer:
Whilst every attempt will be made to ensure all aspcts of the National Heart Centre Singapore
conference mentioned in this announcement will take place www.cardiaccttc.com.sg
as scheduled, the organiser may make changes to the
program content and speakers should the need arise. Supported by Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASCI)
1. REGISTRATION INFORMATION Myocardium, chambers ,valves and pericardium -
20th Jan 2019.
Must already
including common congential lesions and cardiac masses
Title (please circle): Professor Dr Mr Mrs Ms 12.50-2.00pm LUNCH
be registered
for Day 1 on Lunch symposium:
Name:
19th Jan 2019 1.15pm -1.45pm :
Novel methods of assessing functional effect of coronary
Institution: Payment by PAYPAL using credit card (VISA & MASTERCARD) can be
stenosis by CT-TAG/TAFE/CT-FFR
done online
Payment by cheque in S$ is also possible 1.55pm-2.00pm:
Mailing Address: Sign up for ASCI membership or renew your membership for Why you need to be qualified and certified for cardiac CT
reduced registration fee and other benefits. 2.00-2.30pm: Using cardiac CT in the workup of patients with
www.asci-heart.org stable and acute coronary disease
For enquiries contact: Includes Appropriateness criteria and indications for cardiac
Ms Anna Yeo CT- How to select appropriate patients for cardiac CT and how
ASCI Certifcation Course in Cardiac CT to use scan findings
c/o 3 Mount Elizabeth #01-01/02
2.30-3.00pm:Using coronary CTA pre and post
Telephone: Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore 228510
Tel:65-98758904 Fax:65-67335966 revascularization- including stents,bypass grafts-how to scan
email :registration@cardiaccttc.com.sg and report
_________________________________________________________ 3.00-3.30pm: Using cardiac CT for Radiofrequency EP
Fax
Saturday 19th January 2019 procedures ,TAVR -how to scan and what to measure and
-Full Day Lectures report
Email Address: 8.00-8.30 am :Principles of cardiac CT-CT scanner 3.30-3.50pm COFFEE BREAK
design,collimation, pitch, exposure factors, spatial and 3.50 pm-4.10 pm:Pitfalls in interpretation of coronary CTA
temporal resolution studies-how to avoid false negative and false positive studies
2. COURSE REGISTRATION FEE 8.30-.900am: Image reconstruction ( on scanner) and post 4.10pm -4.40 pm : Thoracic CT of non cardiac lesions you
The registration fee includes course handbook, admission processing ( on workstation) should recognise .Including aorta, mediastinum and incidental
to all lectures, tea/coffee breaks and lunch. Including kernels, intervals or phases, slice thickness and lung nodules
Masterclass workshop and exam for Certificate of overlap, multisegment reconstruction, iterative 4.40pm -5.10pm :Coronary plaque imaging using coronary
Proficiency requires separate registration and you must CTA-how to use CT to characterize plaque. Includes update on
reconstruction.Post processing using orthogonal views
be already
MPRs,CPRs,MIPs and volume rendering prognostic studies and serial imaging
registered for Day 1
Registration Options 9.00-9.30am:How to perform cardiac CT-Patient preparation, 5.10pm-5.45pm Questions and discussion
contrast delivery principles, scanning protocols ( non vendor
Please select ASCI members specific)- Sunday 20th January 2019
Physicians
Radiographers,nurses Masterclass workshop and Proficiency Certificate Exam
9.30-10.00am: Recognising artefacts and possible solutions;
Day One S$350 How to scan in difficult everyday situations, including high or Separate registration needed -includes application fee paid
lectures 19th ASCI irregular heart rates, arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation, very to ASCI office for issuing Certificate of Proficiency in Cardiac
Jan 2019 membership obese patients CT
Early S$400 number 8.00-10.30pm
10.00-10.30am: Radiation risks and safety in cardiac CT
registration
Including Risks of medical radiation ,estimating dose and how Read with experts-Cardiac CT clinical cases
before 15th ------------
Nov 2018 to reduce dose Cases to be shown by teaching faculty using workstation with
10.30-10.50am COFFEE BREAK powerpoint slides -25 cases
Registration 10.50-11.20am: Calcium scoring-How to do it and what it 10.30am-10.45 am COFFEE BREAK
after 15th Nov S$450 S$400 10.45am-11.15 am
means. Update on clinical use, guidelines and prognostic
2018
utility Read with experts-Cardiac CT clinical cases- 5 cases
Day 2 11.20-11.50pm :Coronary CTA Anatomy with coronary cath 11.15am-12.15 pm
Workshop correlation and coronary anomalies Multiple choice questions examination for awarding ASCI
and exam for Proficiency Certificate in Cardiac CT
11.50pm-12.20pm :Coronary CTA stenosis detection,
Certifcate of
S$450 quantification,technique and pitfalls .Includes CTO 45 questions to be answered in 60 mins
Proficiency
12.20-12.50pm: CT of non coronary Cardiac structures 12.15pm-1.00pm Discussion of answers